An Evening with Beethoven
TIME: 8:00 PM till 9:00 PM
presented in collaboration with Teatru Manoel MARCELLINE AGIUS Violin Ludwig van Beethoven Septet in Eb Major, Op. 20 Joining Beethoven’s 250 birth anniversary celebrations, this live concert presents two chamber works by the composer. The Sextet belongs to his early chamber music period and illustrates his artistic development. Featuring a passionate “Weltschmerz” in the second movement, which in later years characterized all Beethoven’s slow movements, the final Rondo is coined as one of the most poignant works by the composer. Receiving great acclaim, Beethoven designated the Septet’s individual instruments collectively as obbligato parts noting that: “I can write nothing which is not obbligato as I came into this world myself with an obbligato accompaniment”
REGGIE CLEWS Violin
NADIA DEBONO Viola
FRANK CAMILLERI Cello
GJORGI CINCIEVSKI Double Bass
GIUSEPPE RECCHIA Clarinet
GIACOMO CELLA Bassoon
ETIENNE CUTAJAR Horn
BERNARDETTE VELLA Horn
Ludwig van Beethoven Sextet for Strings and 2 Horns, Op. 81b
LOCATION: Teatru Manoel, Valletta